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The Lemon Test is a test courts use to determine whether governmental action violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. For example, the Lemon Test is a court’s tool used to rule on whether the government tried to prohibit the freedom of religious expression. Courts can also use the Test to determine whether the government attempted […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Lemon v. Kurtzman, United States Supreme Court, (1971) Case summary for Lemon v. Kurtzman: Lemon brought suit against state official Kurtzman, claiming that a state statute providing government funding to non-secular schools violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. the district court dismissed Lemon’s case, in response, Lemon appealed to the United States Supreme […]
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